Wolf in Snake Skin Shoes

October 6, 2015

In Tec for this reworking of Tartuffe by Marcus Gardley directed by Indhu Rubasingham at the Tricycle. Marcus has drawn on personal experience as the son of a southern preacher to create a vicious satire on religion and consumerism in the deep South. Part Atlanta housewives meets Photographer David Lachapelle, it has been great to costume, plenty of trips to Dalston and not much natural fabric to the touch. Just now watching a church First Lady in a structured red suit go head to head with a former pole dancer in leopard skin! I have tried with the design to echo the conventions of Moliere’s theatre, with a front cloth and scenes deliberately staged flat on forestage in front of the tabs. By contrast in the stage itself i have exploited as much of the depth of the Tricycle as possible to create an abstraction of the tacky grandeur of a french style millionaire’s mansion. Link to some great photos on the Tricycle website.